Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving 40 MPH, the transmission failed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact also stated that there was excessive oil consumption with no safety defect. The contact stated that there was an abnormal grinding noise emitted from the engine. The contact also stated that the air conditioning unit and windshield defroster failed to operate as intended. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was informed that the air conditioning evaporator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
2010 Chevrolet Equinox visibility complaints
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I have to replace the wiper transmission for the 3rd time since I have owned the vehicle. I just purchased it at the end of 2012. The first time I was driving in a rainstorm, the second time it was the middle of winter and was snowing, and now today.
I previously filed a complaint with the federal safety agency on 7/10/16 concerning this windshield wiper motor problem. Wipers completely stopped working during torrential rain on I-95 @ 5pm during rush hour traffic when checking for recalls on this vehicle I see a recall #16v582000 date 8/14/2016. This is the exact problem I had but the recall is only for 2013 equinox. I went to chevy dealer for repair shortly after the incident and this problem is precisely what he determined with my car. I am hopeful that this complaint will be resubmitted to include the 2013 model equinox. Please refer to my previous complaint form filed with you on 7/10/14 reference #i0609595 . Please contact me at the provided sources if you need further information.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the defrost system in the vehicle failed to operate as intended. The dealer diagnosed that the software in the center instrument panel needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 102,800.
Wipers, stopped working, while driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While the vehicle was turned off, the contact heard an abnormal knocking noise coming from the dashboard. Once the ignition was turned on, the noise went away and the defrost/defogger system became inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000.
While driving on a city street, the ball joint in the windshield wiper module became disconnected during operation. This made it nearly impossible to see where I was driving, and I almost crashed into another vehicle before I could pull off the road.
I was driving down busy highway in snow storm, my wipers stopped working as I was driving. I had my son in the car. Big safety issue. I googled this problem on line. Found several people had same problem with their chevrolet equinox and no safety recall. This is definetly a safety issue. We could have gotten in a car accident with snow coming down and no wipers. My car has been in shop for 4 days now.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the instrument panel, defroster, and heat malfunctioned intermittently on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the control panel needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 144,450.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving at any speed, the air conditioner remained in use. The issue caused the heater and defroster not to work, which caused a visibility issue while driving. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the control panel had to be replaced. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While attempting to use the windshield wipers, they failed to function correctly. The contact took the vehicle to a certified mechanic who diagnosed that the windshield wiper motor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.
Takata recall. I was driving on the freeway in pouring rain and the I turned the wipers to go faster as the rain came down harder while driving at least 40mph on the freeway. At this time I had to hurry and try to get to a safe spot which was hard to get to as the visibility was very hard to see.
The windshield wiper transmission failed causing both wipers to stop while driving during a rainstorm, nearly causing a crash. This is the same part being recalled on 2013 models, and the dealer would assume no responsibility
On 8/20/2016 I was driving on a busy interstate in pouring rain with my windshield wipers on high when the wipers went left and stopped. This left me in a very dangerous situation. I pulled onto the shoulder to wait for the rain to let up so I could re-position the wipers. I tried to use them again but they still did not work. I pulled back on to the interstate, parked under an overpass, and called for someone to bring a replacement fuse. This did not work either. Based on research into this issue, it appears the wiper transmission failed. From the number of complaints I found, this seems to be a well known issue. Without a doubt, it is a critical safety issue! This issue should be turned into a recall as soon as possible.
While driving on the freeway in hard rainstorm, the windshield wipers became inoperable. This caused a near complete loss of forward vision. Was able to guide vehicle to side of the road. Rain was such that only guidance by white/yellow stripes was possible; any object forward of car could not be seen through rain on windshield. Wipers were movable by hand, and motor was audibly operational; a linkage internal to the car had failed.
On 6-5-2016 while traveling on the pa turnpike during a rain storm the vehicles wipers were at first operating properly. Vehicle was traveling in the right lane in a several mile construction zone with no berm and concrete barriers on both sides, rain suddenly picked up to a torrential level. When wipers were turned up to maximum speed the drivers side wiper immediately went beyond the window roof pillar and both wipers froze in place. Driver found it impossible to see out the front window or accurately determine where he was on the road other than to guess by distance from the left barrier. Traffic was very heavy with trailer trucks passing on left extremely close. Emergency flashers were activated and speed dropped to a crawl with fear of a chain reaction accident from rear. Passenger leaned out right side window and gave guidance to driver as to distance from right side barrier and directional adjustments until vehicle finally reached an emergency pull off area. Vehicle was parked until rain subsided to the point that visibility became good enough to safely continue at a slower but safe highway speed. This will be the last gm vehicle I will ever own . Only a miracle prevented this from becoming a multiple fatality multiple vehicle accident. This was a well maintained vehicle with only 64.000 miles. Only 2 days earlier on the outbound leg of this same journey the coil on the #3 cylinder failed on i80 in rural pa. Vehicle had to be nursed along on 3 cylinders for approx. 60 miles until a chevrolet dealer could be reached who thankfully was able to diagnose and fix the problem. Never previously have I encountered a road trip problem with any other vehicle I ever owned. We feel extremely blessed to have survived this terrifying experience.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the windshield wipers became inoperable without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the wiper transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000. Updated 07/14/16
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the heater did not work in the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed nor repaired.the vehicle was supposed to be serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility), but the dealer did not locate any failures. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While the vehicle was parked, the heater blew cold air when activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 49,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. While driving at approximately 20 MPH, the defroster blew cool air. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the heating and air conditioning actuator rod fractured. The failure caused the windshield defrost function and vehicle air vent function to become inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 119,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the defrost system failed to operate when activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The failure mileage was 109,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that when driving or warming up the vehicle, the center instrument control panel lights flickered. The contact stated that the defroster failed. The contact resides in a cold climate state and was concerned for their safety. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the there was a plug in the system that needed to be flushed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.
Wipers stopped working, but can still hear wiper motor. After 10 minutes I found many people have to same problem. Gm needs to recall these vehicles. Too many problem on gm vehicles have been burdened upon the owners. Electrical, powertrain, wipers, transmissions, etc... I have had to lay out over $5000 in the past 3 years alone due to very poor quality and design of gm transmissions on one chevrolet and over 130 hours of diagnosing electrical problems on another chevrolet. I have owned 17 chevrolets and pontiacs over the past 47 years (1963 -2010) and never had problems with any of them like this until the last 13 years. No wonder gm killed of oldsmobile and pontiac (bad mistake). If gm cared for their customers and the quality of the product they produced they would not have lost so much business to ford and toyota .
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that water was leaking inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing, but the vehicle was unable to be diagnosed. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken to a dealer. The mechanic stated that the water was leaking from the sun roof and cleared the drains and lines, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.
Wipers stopped working while driving in a rainstorm
Heater will not heat at all. Blows cold air. Car is 2010 !!!
Tl*the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the A/C and the heater failed to operate. In addition, when restarting the vehicle, there was an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 09v489000 (visibility). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 chevrolet equinox. The contact stated that the heater and defroster failed to operate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician informed that the vehicle was operating as designed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 09v489000 (visibility). The failure mileage was 5,000. Updated 8/31/15*cn updated 9/22/2017
My defrosters will not work. I cannot see as this is the first time it has snowed this season. I check my VIN for a recalls and it says no there is no recall. I am really scared to drive it in this weather and I really don't have the money to have it fixed, and don't think I should have to pay as it is something evidently wrong with the equinoxes. I feel chevy should expand the recall for this as it is a know problem. This is a serious problem as I am not able to drive it in this cold weather and fear for my safety. I know that chevy probably doesn't care but its something that really should be looked into.
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